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Fairline Boats Ltd〔(Fairline Boats Ltd ) Companies House〕 is a British luxury motor yacht builder, currently owned Better Capital. Started in 1963 by Jack Newington, the company presently builds motor yachts in both its original Oundle base as well as in Corby, Northamptonshire ==History== The company started when Newington bought a series of gravel pits on the River Nene and built the Oundle Marina. In 1967 he launched the first Fairline boat, a 19 foot handcrafted glass-reinforced plastic river cruiser.〔(Fairline - A Passion ) Fairline.com〕 When Newington's son Sam, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Columbia University MBA graduate, took over in 1971, the company employed 14 people. Sam expanded the companies sales network overseas to take advantage of the expanding Mediterranean market place - by 1979 the company employed 140 people and turned over £5million, with production expanded by the success of 1977's Fairline 40 model.〔 The company expanded in the 1980s developing lines of high speed cruising yachts. When Sam retired in 1996, the company expanded further by establishing Fairline Boats of North America Inc., creating a network of 35 dealers.〔 In 2002 the 10,000th Fairline was completed, together with new production facilities at the original Oundle site. By 2010, the 12,000th Fairline was completed and shipped, namely a Squadron 55 to a client in Italy. The Fairline Owners Club was founded in 2003,〔(fairlineownersclub.com )〕 and in 2006 company was purchased by 3i.〔 The company launched the Fairline Targa 38 in 2006 and it has been one of the fastest-selling models in the Fairline range, winning the prestigious ‘European Powerboat of the Year’ in the 30ft to 40ft category in 2007.〔http://www.rightboat.com/buyer_guides/fairline-targa-38-boat-buyers-guide-1〕 Fairline was purchased by Better Capital and the RBS in July 2011.〔 http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/news/529191/fairline-is-bought-by-rbs-and-better-capital-limited 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fairline Boats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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